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»Daniel Leonard

Professor, Associate Dean

University of New Haven, Bachelor of ArtsFlorida State University, Master of Fine Arts

Biography

Like many a young man who dreams of becoming a rock star, Dan Leonard found film a good outlet for his creative energies in tandem with his love of all things technical. A music and sound engineering student at the University of New Haven, the never-sit-still Leonard took every sound-related course and then started in on film courses when he encountered the teacher who would change his life. When that teacher moved on to Florida State, Leonard followed, first as a student and then as faculty supervisor of the post-production facility. Along the way, he worked on both student and feature films, moving up through the ranks from gaffer, boom operator, and transportation captain to first assistant director. Although young in years, Leonard is rich in experience, having worked on some 13 features, including the black comedy Rose's, which won a rave review in Variety. Most recently, he's been editing special feature material for DVDs produced by Lion's Gate/Artisan Entertainment. "I love the sense of community on film sets," says Leonard, "there's nothing better than having a whole bunch of creative people come together for a creative purpose." Not a bad way to live. It might even beat rock stardom.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

Edited 50 Minute Documentary on Genetically Modified Organisms in our food called Communities Rising A story of Courage, Creativity and Contribution for Moms Across America

Guest Lectureon 4K workflow at University of Tampa

Guest Speakerat Solutionfest put on by Qlogic, on 4K and VR technology in Lake Forest, CA

Founder Institute for Creative Reality a technology incubator at Chapman University

Consultant - Cibola Systems, Consulted on the design of five audio mix and recording rooms for Thinkfactory Media

Consultant Creation of an online Media Company Hop Media

Won Bronze Telly Award for Health Matters. The Telly Awards honor the best local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as video and film productions, and work created for the Web.
https://chapmannews.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/panther-productions-receives-three-telly-awards/

Health Matters won an two awards of exellence.. The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program recognizing big ideas in marketing and communications. The Communicator Awards is sanctioned and judged by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts, an invitation-only group consisting of top-tier professionals from acclaimed media, communications, advertising, creative and marketing firms

Edited 6 additional 30 minute shows of "Health Matters with Dr Larry Santora", This won a 2013 Communicator Silver Award of Distinction. Also edited the 10 minute submission reel for this juried competition.

Heathens and Thieves Achieved International distribution this year. Domestic Distribution by Phase 4
Netflix over 62,000 ratings with an average of 3.4 stars
Distributed nationally in REDBOX
Walmart purchased 20K dvd’s
Available through, Amazon, best buy, Walmart Barnes and Noble
VOD Release Cox, Comcast, and Insight, Time Warner, Verizon, Netflix, DirecTV, Brighthouse, Charter, Cinemanow, Dish, Xbox Live, You tube, Google Play, I tunes, Vudu
International
SchröderMedia, released film on DVD and BluRay in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in January 2013.
Available in 2013 Brazil and Argentina, Australia, Yugoslavia, New Zealand, Turkey, Indonesia, Commonwealth of independent States (Soviet Union)

Heathens and Thieves, Feature Film, Western, screened and won Best Narrative Feature Landlocked Film Festival Iowa City Iowa

Heathens and Thieves, Feature Film, Western, screened and won Best Actress for Gwendoline Yao Landlocked Film Festival Iowa City Iowa

Heathens and Thieves, Feature Film, Western, screened and won Best Narrative Feature Rome International Film Festival in Rome GA

Edited 8 additional 30 minute shows of "Health Matters with Dr Larry Santora", This won a 2011 Communicator Award and a a Bronze Award for outstanding achievement from the 31st Annual Telly Awards. Also edited the 10 minute submission for these juried competitions.